Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2018 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: R. G. Coburn OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 21954 DATE OF LOSS: 15 October 1871 CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered LOCATION: Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron RIG TYPE: Propeller HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: at Marine City, MI - 1870 OWNER(S): Capt. Eber Ward, Detroit MASTER: Capt. Gilbert DeMont, Detroit TONNAGE: 867.31 gt DIMENSIONS: 193 x 31 x 13 CASUALTIES: 32 of 50 Downbound from Lake Superior carrying wheat, flour and silver ore when she was taken down by a fearful gale. A tremendous wave unshipped her rudder and she fell into the trough of the sea where she labored heavily until she dove for the bottom. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1871, Buffalo Commercial Advertiser - 19 October 1871 Detroit Free Press - 19 October 1871